Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Environmental scientists in Canada said it was impossible for me to get to the Pole in 2004... I said 'no,' it's still OK, and I can still get there, and I did.
Now my eyes are turned from the South to the North, and I want to lead one more Expedition. This will be the last... to the North Pole.
The North Pole will be ice-free during summer in years to come, and that itself will put the Arctic Sea basin on a very high risk of... environmental disasters that might be there.
If it's enough money, I'll play the North Pole.
I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.
In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs... and it'd be great to share them with someone else.
I'm going to North Pole to help out Santa this year.
I'm not sure you can do anything quickly or easily with the North.
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn't be interested.
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